Chords for The Old Man

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_ _ _ _ _ [C] The tears have all been shed now.
[D] _ We've said our last goodbyes.
_ [G] _ _ His soul's been blessed.
[E] _ He's laid to rest.
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And it's now I feel alone.
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He was more than [D] just my father, my teacher,
my best friend.
_ And he'll still be heard in the songs we [C] shared, _ when I play them on my
own.
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[C] _ _ And I never will forget [G] him, for he made me what I am.
_ [C] Though he may be gone, [Em] _ _ [G] memories [Em] linger
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_ _ _ [Am] And I miss him, _ _
[A] the [G] old man. _ _ _ _
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_ _ [C] As a child he'd take me walking by [D] mountain, field, and stream.
_ [G] And he'd show me things not known to [E] kings, a secret between him and [Am] me.
_ Like the colors on
a [A] pheasant as he rises in the dawn.
_ [D] Or how to fish, or make a wish, _ [G] beside a fairy tree.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] I thought
he'd live forever.
_ He [D] seemed so big and strong.
_ [G] But the minutes fly and the years roll [E] by for a
father and his little one. _
[Am] _ _ And suddenly when [A] it happened, _ there was so much left unsaid.
[D] _ No second
chance to tell him _ thanks for everything [C] he'd done. _ _ _ _ _
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_ And I never will forget him, for he made
me what I [C] am.
_ Though he may be gone, [G] _ memories linger [Em] on. _
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God, [Am] I miss him, _ [D] _
the old man.
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